Re: Looking for a good motherboard for a voodoo 5

Posted on 2023-10-04, 07:14

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Voodoo cards are collectors items and are priced accordingly! I would like to get at least one voodoo card but the prices being as they are I gave up! So i choose the next best thing: geforce 4 TI 4600. It has performance way above the Voodoo 5500 and is compatible with every single motherboard I …

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Re: Looking for a good motherboard for a voodoo 5

Posted on 2023-10-03, 06:46

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The Voodoo5 looks good on benchmarks and it’s interesting from a technological past perspective, but once games past 1999 are played, you’re in for a tremendous disappointment and frame drops. You’ll constantly be playing around with reduced image quality and 16-bit color. And it’s too weak for 32- …

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Re: Looking for a good motherboard for a voodoo 5

Posted on 2023-10-02, 11:04

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@all is there a certain pentium 4 cpu/mobo combination you guys would you recommend? Asus P4S333 has universal AGP slot, limited to 400MHz FSB P4. 2.6GHz or 2.8GHz P4 400MHz FSB should be obtainable. and which athlon cpu for the MSI K7T266 Pro 2 you would guys recommend? The 3200 xp? Doubt Barton …

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Re: Looking for a good motherboard for a voodoo 5

Posted on 2023-10-02, 06:52

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What do you guys think about the athlon xp 2400+ for the Voodoo 5? I have done some further research and I could either get the 2400+ or the 2600+. The 2400+ would be a bit cheaper. I am more interested in the more powerful 2600+ but If I can get similar performance with the 2400+ I will consider …

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Re: Looking for a good motherboard for a voodoo 5

Posted on 2023-09-29, 18:24

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I'm not too familiar with 3dfx cards, but I do have a KT266A motherboard. Assuming your board supports Thoroughbred CPUs (my board had to be modified to do so, but it was easy) your best upgrade option would be an Athlon XP 2600+ such as an AXDA2600DKV3C . There are also 2600+ CPUs that are for 333 …

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Re: Looking for a good motherboard for a voodoo 5

Posted on 2023-09-29, 12:18

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All I know is that my Voodoo 5 5500 still appeared to be CPU constrained by a 1568MHz Tualatin Celeron. I'd imagine that it would scale OK up to slow P4 Northwood speeds (1.8-2GHz). These were my Quake 3 Arena (32-bit textures and colours) tests: V5/Pentium 3 952/640x480: 76.3fps V5/Tualaron 1400/ …

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Looking for a good motherboard for a voodoo 5

Posted on 2023-09-29, 07:25

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Due to some very generous monitary donations I recieved for my birthday yesterday i am about the pull the trigger for a voodoo 5 5500. Got a private off er for voodoo 5 5500 that is refurbed. I am now just uncertain if one of the systems I a already have MSI K7T266 Pro 2 Athlon Xp 1400 256 mb PC 133 …

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Re: GPU recommendations for Pentium 3 600mhz

Posted on 2023-09-11, 12:38

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Thanks a lot for the replies guys. Looking for a GeForce 2,3 or maybe even 4 sounds like the best approach. I am using a geforce 4 4200 myself and I like a lot. I am using the gf 4 on way more powerful system though so I was not sure if the GF4 is a worthy recommendation for my buddy. I can relate …

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Re: GPU recommendations for Pentium 3 600mhz

Posted on 2023-09-11, 06:54

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I would also vote for the TN2 card if your buddy wants to get a peroid correct card. I am using a Riva TNT 2 for my asus p2b 400 mhz system und it is nice card. I will replace it eventually with a more powerful card but I still think it is good starting point if you can get one cheap. I am not …

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Re: Help me to pick the right Voodoo card for my win 98SE gaming ystem

Posted on 2023-09-04, 06:31

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A Geforce 3 Ti200 is the slowest Geforce 3 card, but it's also typically the cheapest. It also has the same features as the faster Geforce 3 and Geforce 3 Ti500. It is fine for games in the 1998-2001 date range. All of the Geforce 4 Ti4200, Ti4400, and Ti4600 (and all of the oddly named AGP 8x …

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Re: Help me to pick the right Voodoo card for my win 98SE gaming ystem

Posted on 2023-09-02, 09:11

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The era you are targeting (1998-2001) is Geforce era. Games that came out in those years supported D3D or OGL, even if they also had a Glide renderer. Some of them had poorly implemented D3D or GL implementations at launch, but these were typically patched to be very good. Get a Geforc2, 3, or 4. I …

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Re: Help me to pick the right Voodoo card for my win 98SE gaming ystem

Posted on 2023-09-01, 08:23

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Thanks again for your reply. Like I said I would be more than happy to play at 800x600. The highest resolution I might want to use would be 1024x768. But I'd say I would consider 800x600 as the base line. Note that a single Voodoo 2 cannot render at 1024x768. You would need two such cards running …

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Re: Help me to pick the right Voodoo card for my win 98SE gaming ystem

Posted on 2023-09-01, 07:05

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Do you think that a Pentium II 400 mhz would work well with a Voodoo 2 and the Riva TNT Card that already is in my system. Again, it depends on which games you want to play, at what resolution and what kind of FPS target you're setting. Most Glide games should work fine on that system, but a few …

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Re: Help me to pick the right Voodoo card for my win 98SE gaming ystem

Posted on 2023-09-01, 05:56

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I went with V3 and V5 for my P3 1GHz and Geode (k7) builds. PII 450 got V2 and GeForce256 SDR .... tested also TNT2, but GeForce was better even on PII. Yeah the Geforce 256 would also be a in interesting card but not easy to find compared to the GF2. But it is nice to hear that a gf is even …

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Re: Help me to pick the right Voodoo card for my win 98SE gaming ystem

Posted on 2023-08-31, 09:38

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GeForce2 GTS (good availability and prices) + one V2 12MB should cover most of the scenarios. Thanks a lot for the recommendation. That's a combination I have not considered yet but it is worth looking into for sure. In the long run a Geforce 2 GTS is one of the cards I wanted to add to my …

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Re: Help me to pick the right Voodoo card for my win 98SE gaming ystem

Posted on 2023-08-31, 07:30

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V3 - good availability and relatively "normal" prices V4- poor availability, which reflects prices V5 - good availability and high prices Depends on which games you're targeting and at what resolution. For DOS Glide games and some early Win9x ones, the original Voodoo 1 is the best choice, but that …

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Help me to pick the right Voodoo card for my win 98SE gaming ystem

Posted on 2023-08-31, 06:22

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My Athlon System ( MSI K7T266 Pro 2 with Athlon 1400 cpu) arrived on my monday and i could set it up without any problems. I also could free a quite generous amount of Euros that puts me in the privileged position to be able to obtain a Voodoo card to fullfill my childhood dream of owning a Voodoo …

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Re: Best gpu for maxing out a athlon 1400 ?

Posted on 2023-08-23, 11:40

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Have done some more research and price vice I will either go with a ati Radeon 9600pro or Radeon 9600 Se. I found both for a similar price. Which one would you guys pick? I think the pro would be the more powerful card right? A geforce 3 ti 200 or the geforce ti 4200 are not of the table either but …

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Re: Best gpu for maxing out a athlon 1400 ?

Posted on 2023-08-20, 18:32

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Have done some more research and price vice I will either go with a ati Radeon 9600pro or Radeon 9600 Se. I found both for a similar price. Which one would you guys pick? I think the pro would be the more powerful card right? A geforce 3 ti 200 or the geforce ti 4200 are not of the table either but …

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Re: Best gpu for maxing out a athlon 1400 ?

Posted on 2023-08-18, 05:34

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There are many options. What late Win98 games are you targeting? I am interested in playing games like Drakan Unreal Tournment Quake 3 Heavy Metal Fak 2 Deus Ex Diablo 2 Star Voyager Elite Force Noctourne Vampire the Masquarede Redemption No one lives Forever I also want to play the orginal versons …

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